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Official takes stock of Vatican-Jewish relations (CWN)

A Vatican official took stock of the past year’s developments in Jewish-Catholic relations and focused on the commemorations of the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate.

Becket Report Finds Increases in Support for Religious Liberty in the Public Square

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Christian Symbols in Public Buildings On Trial Before European Court of Human Rights

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EWTN Launches Unified Catholic News Brand: CNA and ACI Group Become EWTN News

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French Bishops Condemn Euthanasia Bill Ahead of Senate Debate

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Nigeria Accounts for 72% of Christian Killings Worldwide, New Report Finds

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Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy forms men of God who build bridges, prelate says (Vatican News (Italian))

Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, the president of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, described the institute’s mission as “building bridges of peace and justice, restoring authentic bonds and promoting a civilization founded on love and respect for the dignity of every person.”

“For the diplomats of the Holy See, this commitment is rooted in the virtue of hope, in the conviction that peace is born above all as a gift from God,” said Archbishop Pennacchio, who was appointed the academy’s president in 2023. “It is the task of the pontifical representative to nourish this hope in the light of Christ, with a spiritual life founded on the daily listening to the Word of God and on prayer.”

Vatican News, the news agency of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, interviewed the prelate as the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy begins its 325th anniversary year. The academy trains priests for the Holy See’s diplomatic service.

Rising sea levels, climate change threaten Guinea-Bissau, L'Osservatore Romano warns (CWN)

The Vatican newspaper warned that the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau (map) is “threatened by rising sea levels and climate change.”

Vatican official hails documentary on jubilee (Vatican News (Italian))

The Filmoteca Vaticana (Vatican Film Library) hosted a screening of a preview of Oculus Spei (Eye of Hope, trailer), a short documentary film on the 2025 jubilee year that arose from a multimedia work of the same name.

“The artist Annalaura di Luggo felt the urgency to open other symbolic gateways, giving life to Oculus Spei, an installation composed of virtual portals, capable of conveying the emotion of the opening to an even wider audience, overcoming physical, cultural, and sensory boundaries,” Msgr. Lucio Adrián Ruiz, secretary of the Dicastery for Communication, said at the January 14 screening.

Vatican newspaper joins discussion of ordo amoris (CWN)

The Vatican newspaper has published a contribution to the discussion of the meaning of ordo amoris [order of love], nearly a year after US Vice President JD Vance spoke about the concept and Pope Francis wrote about it in a letter to the bishops of the United States.